Junction-seam for sweater-garments.



'J. W. GURRAN. JUNCTION sBAM FOR SWEATER GARMENTS. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 5, 1912.

1,066,256, I Patented July 1, 1913.

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Specification of Lettersl'ateiit.

roa SWEATER-GARMENTS.

" Patented July 1,1913.

Application filed. April 5, 1912. Serial No. 688,624.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, JOSEPH W. Gunman, citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province fof-British' Columbia,"Canada,have invented a new and useful J unction-Seam for Sweater-Garments, of whieh the following is. a specification.

g This invention relates to the manner of reinforcing and covering the joint seam of a garment of knitted fabric.

Where knitted goods require-to be formed or shaped to the figure, difficulty is ex perienced in obtaining a satisfactory result in, the present practice owing to the drawn appearance which the fabric has adjacent to the seam. This, in a two-fold manner, is due to the loose character of the fabric, first because after the edges are sewn together the seam requires to be strongly sewn again to secure the out edges of the fabric against unraveling, and again because this strong sewing through the .loose open. knitted fabric unavoidably gives a drawn appe arance in proximity to the seam. This drawback has been long experienced and has prevented the general use of shaped garments in knitted material. I overcome this objection by applying to the seam a knitted covering strip which reinforces the seam and prevents or obscures the objectional draw referred to. This coveringstrip is applied to the seam simultaneously with the double sewing which has been referred to as necessary to prevent unraveling. A special presser foot, which is the subjectof a separate patentapplication, filed April 5, 1912,

Serial No. 688,625 is used to apply this covering strip so that it may be sewn down in the same operation which effects the securing of the' cut edges ofthe joint.

The invention is particularly described in the following specification, reference being madeto the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which v Figure 1 shows in cross'section and perspective the customary first line of stitches by which the edges of two pieces of knitted fabric are joined together. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same as when opened out. Fig. 3 is a, similar view, illustrating the present practice of of the connected pleces, and Fig. 4 shows the application of the covering strip simultaneous' with the sewing down of the loose edges,

securing the loose edges which a plication constitutes the subject matter 0 this invention.

In these drawings2 and 3 represent separate pieces of'knitted goods whichit isv required tojoin in forming a garment. As

shown in Fig. 1, these pieces 2 "and 3 are superposed with their right or outer sides together, and a line of stitches l is run along the combined edges, the edges'5 being simultaneously trimmed parallel to the line of stitches 4. The initerial is thereafter opened out, as shown in Fig. 2, with the.

right or outer side uppermost, and in order to secure the loose edges 5 from unraveling,

which with a loosely knitted material they are sure to do, the joint is passed through a double needle machine having a looper atltachment, and, see Fig. 3, two rows of stitches 6 are sewn through the body of the fabric and through each ofthe'loose edges 5, to more effectively secure which the looper stitches 7 are at the same time passed back and forth between the stitches 6. This is the practice at present in common use, :and as explained in the preamble to this specification, when the edges are stitched sufficiently tight to effectively prevent unraveling, the knitted fabric, owing to its loose and openv character, is drawn? in immediate proxy imity to the stitches 6. Fig. 4 shows the through an aperture laterally elongated to receive itand is sewn down on the seamby the same stitches 6 and 7 which secure the loose edges on the under side. Thus applied,

the strip 8 materially reinforces the seam and prevents entirely the drawn appearance which has been referred to. It is not that the drawn appearance is covered up, but the tightness of the stitches is spent upon the covering strip which has no extent of laterally connected fabric to draw from. The greater strength of the seam which cannot in wear be pulled or distorted from its proper line on the figure impart-s in consequence a substantial and artistic style to the garment.

-Having now particularly described my invention and the advantages accruing to its adoption, I hereby declare that what I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent is:

In a sweater seam, two garment parts,

each having-a right and a reverse side,

stitches securing 'said parts together with the right side of each part in contact along the line ofstitches, the free edges of the garment parts adjacent to the seam being folded through one garment part and through the 20 said other garment part, said two rows of 35 stitches paralleling the seam joint, and a set of looper stitcheson the garment seam side opposite the covering strip and connecting said two rows of stitches for securing the loose cut edges of the folded back members of the joint seam.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH WV. CURRAN.

Witnesses:

ROWLAND BRITIAIN, MAY vVHYTE. 

